The Great Haribo schism

I've just written a brief op-ed on the Great Haribo Schism over at pastafarians. Oh yeah, if I hadn't already mentioned it, venganza_fsm, you know what to do...

In addition, innerbrat has made the icon we talked about Sunday, one that will definately be of interest to faeriecween and freddiefraggles

And then we have unimag's guide to American spotting online, well worth a read:

Food Obsession
No, this isn't an 'Americans are fat' comment5; I'm talking about posting pictures of food. And talking about food. At every opportunity. When a British person posts about having a meal, we post about what happened during the meal - anecdotes that were told, stupid stuff that happened, people getting insulted, Aunt Gladys choking to death on the meringue... entertaining things like that.

Americans, on the other hand, post about the food. With pictures of the food. If we're especially lucky, the people who were actually eating the food might get mentioned (in passing), but only if it doesn't shift the focus away from the food too much.

(via metaquotes, which has been a bit poor recently)

What if...

What if the supposed prequels actually do make sense and fit into the original Star Wars story? Keith Martin explains the plotholes. Well:

Although the Death Star plans need to get to Yavin as soon as possible, Obi-Wan needs to make one more diversion first. If the Empire knows that Leia is a Rebel leader, then they also know about her father and the whole Organa family may need immediate evacuation. Fortunately, before coming to Tattoine, R2 had already arranged transport, which is waiting at Mos Eisley, under the command of the Rebellion's other chief field agent and espionage asset. Chewbacca.

Seriously. I know I haven't watched II or III, but I did read the plots, and this actually makes sense.

via theweaselking

The dangers of bleep..

Via oletheros, we present conclusive proof that bleepy music should be banned. Because, y'know, who wants a sun tan?

The obligatory Mat has a mild sunlight allergy comment is inserted here for new readers. I'm not just pale because I'm a goth...